Two people were arrested Wednesday after a heroin raid in New Lexington. The search at 404 South Main St. was executed by Perry County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force agents. Officials seized heroin, drug paraphernalia, currency and two firearms, according to a sheriff’s office release. The investigation was based on […]

In July 2013, using the NPLEx database, the Medina County Drug Task Force began a new initiative targeting individuals purchasing, or attempting to purchase, excessive amounts of pseudoephedrine products for illegal purposes.  Specific criteria, such as previous criminal record, drug history and known drug associates, was used to determine if the matter warranted criminal charges.  […]

A Cleveland man, while out on bond for previous drug trafficking charges in Cuyahoga County, was arrested for allegedly selling heroin in Wickliffe on Monday. At about 2 p.m., with the help of the Lake County Narcotics Agency and the Euclid Police Department, the Wickliffe Police Department arrested 20-year-old Davaunte M. Livest after a monthlong investigation, […]

Since 2007, there have been more deaths in Ohio from drug overdoses than traffic crashes. Here in the Mahoning Valley, what often begins with the abuse of pain medications evolves into heroin addiction.  So much so, that law enforcement has dubbed heroin use here an epidemic. And there's a changing face of addiction in the […]

An Ironton man was arrested Tuesday night on drug charges, according to information from the Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office. Christopher Wilson, 41, was charged with drug trafficking. Wilson was arrested after Lawrence County Sheriff's Office deputies and officers from the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant at his home in […]